Apparently Wonder Woman would have supported immigration reform

Well maybe not exactly Wonder Woman herself, though if we were to take her literal mission on its face value – “to bring the Amazon ideals of love, peace, and sexual equality to a world torn by the hatred of men” – I’d personally like to the think the DC Comics super heroine would not have disappointed. In this case we’re talking about Lynda Carter, the actress who brought Wonder Woman to life on the small screen during the 1970′s.

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According to Peruvian website Generaccion, the now 60-year-old Carter made a statement, this week, in which she expressed support for some form of bi-national resolution for the issue of immigration between the governments of Mexico and the United States. She also was cited remembering her childhood as the granddaughter of Mexican immigrants, and expressing disdain for those who take advantage and profit from the dreams of undocumented individuals and families. This particular article even reported Carter speaking out against Arizona’s SB 1070.

Wow! Who knew Wonder Woman was a champion of immigrant rights?

Now I can’t honestly vouch for any of the statements made in this report, especially since they weren’t made directly to me and I’d never heard of this news agency before, but it did make me smile a little to imagine Wonder Woman at the front of immigration rallies, hands at either hip, stomping those red boots block after block, chanting that now infamous line: ¡Sí se puede!

As it turns out Lynda Carter was actually born in Phoenix, Arizona to an Irish father who worked as an art dealer and a Mexican American mother, whose family roots can be traced back to Chihuahua, Mexico. Wikipedia even notes that Carter “speaks fluent Spanish.”

Thank you for the comment, Kabuzz… and the observation. It is a serious issue and maybe it does deserve a little more “seriousness,” but if there is one thing my Mexican parents taught me it is that we had to be able to laugh at ourselves and our situation every once in a while. I appreciate you taking the time to read the post!

Well, until this morning I would have disagreed – but since a 70s TV show D-list celebrity says it’s okay maybe I should change my mind!

Is it illegal for citizens of Mexico to become American citizens? Growing up in McAllen, I seem to remember lots of people managing to emigrate from Mexico without breaking U.S. laws.

Don’t get me wrong, if I had a family depending on me, and I could look north across that narrow river and see a better life (or at least the promise of a better life, whether that’s true or not is debatable), I’d do just about whatever it takes to come to the U.S. But just because I love coffee doesn’t mean I get to enter Colombia anytime I want without their permission. Play by the rules.

Finally, and I’m really not trying to start a hate fest here, but I’d like it if we could agree that the reason nobody is dying in the desert facing south is because life is better here up north than down there. If you wish to come to the U.S., please adopt our customs once you arrive. The reason this place is worth risking your life to get into is because the way we do things is better than the way PAN/PRI/Whoever does things. If you want to wave the Mexican flag and scream “viva Mexico” please stay home. If you want to sing the National Anthem of the U.S. and pledge allegiance to our flag, I’ll stand arm-in-arm with you.